Abstract:
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising optimizing the location and configuration of relay stations in a wireless network that includes at least one base station and at least one relay station by taking into account at least one or more of the following: the distinct antenna heights of said at least one base station and said at least one relay station; the data dependency between said at least one relay station and said at least one base station; the service outage of said wireless network; and the network throughput of said wireless network.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for wireless communication using codeword with high-rate codes. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Abstract:
An access point (AP) in a wireless network communicates with multiple mobile stations (STA1, STA2, STA3) simultaneously using spatial-division multiple access SDMA, using frames that are coordinated to end within a predefined window of time (SIFS).
Abstract:
According to some embodiments, a technique is provided that coordinates transmission of frames to reduce collisions. Frames are coordinated according to, for example, operation type, frame length, and solicited response. A bases station gains access to a wireless medium and transmits multiple coordinated frames to multiple communication units. The transmissions to the multiple communication units may be substantially simultaneous in that at least a portion of the different frames are transmitted at the same time. The different frames may be substantially back-end aligned where the maximum difference between the termination time instances of the frame transmissions is controlled to reduce collisions.
Abstract:
During a training phase in a network using spatial division multiple access (SDMA) techniques, frame types that trigger network allocation vectors may be used in the training phase to prevent unwanted devices from transmitting during the training phase.
Abstract:
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising optimizing the location and configuration of relay stations in a wireless network that includes at least one base station and at least one relay station by taking into account at least one or more of the following: the distinct antenna heights of said at least one base station and said at least one relay station; the data dependency between said at least one relay station and said at least one base station; the service outage of said wireless network; and the network throughput of said wireless network.
Abstract:
Embodiments of a wireless access network and method for allocation time and frequency resources are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a base station allocates contiguous groups of data subcarriers of a downlink subframe to closed-loop user stations, and allocates the remaining data subcarriers of the downlink subframe to open-loop user stations to increase frequency diversity.
Abstract:
Multiple MPDUs may be aggregated into a single physical (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), as defined by the IEEE 802.11n Proposed Standard. The PPDU may include a block acknowledgement request (BAR). The BAR may indicate the end of a PPDU. When a receiving device receives the PPDU, it waits to receive the BAR. Once the BAR is received, the receiving device may acknowledge receipt of the PPDU using a block acknowledgement (ACK) in response to the BAR. In this manner, the transmitting device may not necessarily need to initiate a new transfer for every single MPDU, thereby potentially increasing transfer efficiency and throughput. A PPDU may include information which can be used to estimate the transmission duration of a given PPDU. Once the transmission duration for a given PPDU is estimated, the receiving device may use the estimate to determine when to generate a block ACK in the event a BAR is delayed or not received at all.